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Don’t let a fire ruin your season this Christmas
Editorial urges holiday fire safety from colder weather to busy decorations. Warns of home fire hazards from overloaded circuits and clutter, urges debris cleanup, careful use of heaters and cigarettes, and plans for worst case. Highlights smoke alarms as vital gifts and edge in an emergency.
Stark Criticizes Lawrence Livermore Lab Officials
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory administrators held a press conference urging continued research to advance the nuclear arsenal as a national security measure. Congressman Fortney Stark sharply denounced the lab leadership, calling their warnings arrogant and politically motivated while defending defense cuts.
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Will Rogers on golf and politics in California
Will Rogers comments on a major professional golf tournament in California, praising players who perform tricks with a gulf ball and likening Senate performance to the Constitution. The remark appears in a clipped exchange from January with Brvac Sterling attributed.
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Kilpatrick: Supreme Court rightly limits pregnancy case Reach
James Kilpatrick argues the Supreme Court correctly avoided broadening civil rights in a pregnancy exclusion challenge to General Electric’s sickness insurance. He notes the ruling rests on statutory construction, not constitutional rights, and defends the court’s restrained approach amid liberal criticism. The piece portrays the decision as aligned with precedent and warns against turning courts into policy makers.
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Countdown study finds happiness with or without children
A study by Kansas social psychologists reports married couples who forgo children are as happy as those who have them. The piece notes questions about parenting choices and even raises odd possibilities about future family structures. Weather outlook hints at a colder winter nationwide and potential price effects.
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Gwo University of Kansas
Wasted Mideast gas could feed the hungry, SCP idea
The piece argues dwindling West Texas gas is flared and could be transformed into single cell protein through methanogenesis to feed millions. It cites Emil A. Malick of Provesta Corp and a Abu Dhabi conference, noting SCP's potential to rival soybeans in protein output. It warns protein deficiency harms brains and urges action beyond energy waste.
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Abu Dhabi
Emil A. Malick
Phillips Petroleum
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Letters to the Editor praise for Golde and bus driver
Readers defend Alameda County Superior Court Judge Stankly P. Golde against two critical letters, noting restitution actions and youth offender sentencing details. A Newark family thanks Ruth Orta the school bus driver who protected a child during an attack, expressing gratitude toward her and the responding police.
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Morality debate on police duty and decency values
Editor responds to Norm Venturi and Citizens in Defense of Decency arguing police protect from crime not morality. Attacks on adult stores are framed as parental concern and individual morals, urging residents to avoid offense by staying out of venues and defining decency as a private matter.
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Friedman Chile letter challenges caption error
A reader corrects a caption claiming Milton Friedman as a Nobel prize winner and economic adviser to Chile. The writer notes Friedman did not advise the Chilean government, praising Chilean officials who pushed fiscal responsibility for economic normalization. The letter ends with thanks for printing the Police Blotter and Neighborhood Alert.
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Gilmore paradox on execution and Laetrile rights
Editor notes a paradox in Gary Gilmore’s bid for execution rights while Utah supports him, and contrasts it with refusals to allow Laetrile in cancer care. The writer cites personal stories, questions the system’s consistency, and argues that patient autonomy should apply to dying or ill individuals, including those seeking Laetrile.
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